Judge denies Donald Trump’s second attempt to move his New York hush money case into federal court [Video]

NEW YORK — A federal judge has denied former President Donald Trump’s second attempt to remove his New York hush money case from state court into federal court.

Trump had asked the federal court to intervene and delay his sentencing after he was convicted of all 34 counts of falsifying business records.

“Nothing in the Supreme Court’s opinion affects my previous conclusion that the hush money payments were private, unofficial acts, outside the bounds of executive authority,” Judge Alvin Hellerstein wrote in an order Tuesday.

Trump’s sentencing is scheduled to take place on Sept. 18.

Trump was found guilty in May on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in order to boost his electoral prospects in the 2016 presidential election. He has said he will appeal the decision.

Earlier Tuesday, the Manhattan district attorney’s office, in a letter to the …